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WILBUR STUART SHEPPARD, OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

ASSORTING-TRAY.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 22, 192i application filed November 20, 1919. Serial No. 339,394.

larly to the maintenance of checks, deposit slips and the like in orderly piles during posting, thereby increasing the efliciency while lowering the possibility of error in posting to the wrong account.

It is a purpose of my invention to provide a tray of the above described character which is of extremely simple and inexpensive construction, and which is provided with means for securing the tray in fixed position upon a table.

It is also a purpose of my invention to provide a support adapted to be used in conjunction with the tray for supporting the papers so as to increase the speed and accuracy of posting.

I will describe one form of tray embodying my invention and one form of support and will then point out the novel features thereof in a claim.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view, showing in perspective, one form of tray and support embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan viewof the tray shown in the precedingviews, in applied position upon a table and in working position with respect to an adding machine.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in each of the views.

Referring specifically to the drawings, T designates generally the tray which is formed in the present instance from a sin gle piece of metal or any other suitable ma terial, the same comprising a base portion or plate 15 including a relatively wide porlongitudinal edge and the forward transverse edge are. provided with upstanding flanges 16 and 17 respectively, which are shaped in the form shown to properly confine the checks and deposit slips upon the base plate 15 and to facilitate their removal and application. As illustrated to advan- One tage in Fig. 1, the base plate 15 is upstruck tion of the checks and deposit slips. In the 1 present instance, the wide portion 15 of the base plate 15 is provided with posts 18 that coact with each other and with the flanges 16. and 17 to provide a check receiving compartment indicated at C. The portion 15 is also provided at a point rearwardly of the post 18* with other posts 18 which coact with certain of the posts 18 and the flange 16 to provide another check receiving com partment C. The narrow portion 15 is provided with posts 18 that are arranged to form two compartments C and that are arranged parallel to each other at right angles to the compartments C and C. It will be noted that the posts 18 nearest to the rear end of the tray are relatively short so that they will not interfere with the depositing and changing of the deposit slips from compartment C to compartment As illustrated to advantage in Fig. 1, one edge of the tray is out at an angle and provided with an arcuate slot 19 which is adapted to receive a screw head for confining the tray as a unit upon a table, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

Figs. 1 and 2, show the compartments C provided. with a support S that is of angular formation so that in its applied position it is inclined with relation to the base plate 15 whereby papers deposited thereupon will assume an inclined position and thus facilitate the reading of the indicia on the papers.

Referring now to Fig. 3, T designates a table provided at its marginal edge with a molding 20, and adjacent one end of the table is adapted to be placed an addin machine designated at A. Upon the table adjacent the adding machine is arranged the tray T in such manner that the forward edges of the base plate 15 abut the molding 20 of the table. After the tray has been moved to this position, it is rigidly secured upon the table by the placing of a screw in the table at such a point that the recess 19 of the tray will engage the shank of the screw and thus serve as a locking means for the tray.

In practice, a stack of checks to be posted with their faces turned upwardly are placed Within the compartments C 7 port S, the bookkeeper standing at the narrow and on the supend of the tray so that the checks are clearly '7 the checks, thus facilitating the comparison of the signatures of the corresponding slips and checks. Now as the signatures, amounts, etc are red, checked and posted, the deposit slips are turned over one by one face down into compartment C whereupon cor responding checks are likewise turned over one by oneand, placed ment C it will thus be seen that by virtue of the tray, the checks and deposit slips are kept in orderly piles while posting, and because oi the relative disposition of the papers, it W111 be obvious that speed and accudown into compartracy with which the items may be posted is greatly increased.

Although I have herein shown and dcscribed only one form of tray embodying my invention, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A tray of the character described comprising a base plate, hinges formed on the edges of said base plata posts formed on said base 4 plate and coacting with each other and with said flanges to provide two pairs 01'. compartments, and a recess formed in one edge of the base plate for receiving a screw for the purpose described.

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